QB Aaron Rodgers: We need more pass options, fewer blockers

8:06 PM,
Sep. 23, 2009

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says the passing game might be more effective if the linemen did their job and freed up blocking backs and receivers to provide more options on offense. Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette

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Rob Demovsky
rdemovsk@greenbaypressgazette.com

From a quarterback who has taken a beating the first two weeks of the season, it might come as a surprise to hear what Aaron Rodgers sees as the solution to the Green Bay Packers' woes in the passing game.

With a couple of days to think about what went wrong in Sunday's 31-24 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals -- a game in which Rodgers was sacked six times and hit 10 times despite a game plan that relied heavily on six- and seven-man protections -- Rodgers on Wednesday said the best thing might be for coach Mike McCarthy and offensive coordinator Joe Philbin to let the front five on the offensive line fend for ...